After a surprising, disappointing, exciting, and depressing 2017-18 that both began and ended in typical Mizzou fashion, the Tigers begin the offseason with several holes in the roster and one major recruiting target remaining.

Transfer:
He will sit out the entire season, but will have 3 years to play 3 beginning in 2019-2020

Mark Smith (former **** recruit), SG, Illinois

2018 Commitments:
Not a lot to get too excited about at this point. The success or failure of the current recruits in his class will be based upon their development rather than their Day 1 skills.
Torrence Watson, SG, **** St. Louis, MO
Javon Pickett, SG, ***, Wichita, KS
KJ Santos, SF, ***, Tallahassee FL
Xavier Pinson, PG, ***, Chicago, IL

Next year is a rebuilding year. Jontay leaving was a possibility, but not a certainty. That, combined with losing two freshman PGs to transfer and a junior shitbag PG to Cosby means that Mizzou will be bereft of experienced playmakers and ballhandlers anywhere in the backcourt, and no one with the rare ability to create in the half-court like Jontay showed. It's probably a 14 win team next year.

5/30 Edit: Jontay Porter is returning, making this team a fringe NCAA contender.

Pretty much most of the info available has him headed to them. One parent wants Mizzou one OSU. In the end I don't think that Martin is going to have the sway to get this done.

Still not enough to definitively say he's going there. Nobody knows anything for sure beyond speculation. There's also a tendency to project that prospects will always go to the bigger name school. Dorial Green Beckham was at one point"projected" and rumored to either be picking Oklahoma or Arkansas over Missouri. There's nothing concrete out there to know for sure how he is leaning, and it's possible he hasn't even made up his mind yet.

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Originally Posted by PAChiefsGuy

Good article. Just as I suspected everything is Smitty's fault. Hope he burns in hell for all of eternity.

Evidently the team also thinks there's a decent chance Dru Smith gets a waiver and is eligible this season.

Jackson is a huge get if they can hang onto him. They need a replacement 4 in a big way. I think he was probably waiting to see how the Liddell decision went and when that playing time opened up, he made the switch...

Evidently the team also thinks there's a decent chance Dru Smith gets a waiver and is eligible this season.

Jackson is a huge get if they can hang onto him. They need a replacement 4 in a big way. I think he was probably waiting to see how the Liddell decision went and when that playing time opened up, he made the switch...

Dru Smith being eligible would be huge. I think this squad would be better than last year’s version if that’s the case.

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